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[Zanzetkuken The Great]

"'No way to change it'?  We can drop out of hyperspace right now and adjust the course!  And you have no idea about the data.  They might be the only ones who have the stuff, or likely won't be willing to transmit it to a location that is frequented by multiple varieties of ships, who could contain people loyal to the rebels!  Unless you want to take that chance, then Kaytara is better location."

[Taricus]

"You really are a TIE pilot aren't you? The navicomputer plots the course whicdh the ship then follows. Once it's in hyperspace, only by reaching the destination, or a mass shadow can drag us out. We can't just 'drop out' of hyperspace any time we liked barring shutting of the hyperdrive."

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

"You really are a TIE pilot aren't you? The navicomputer plots the course whicdh the ship then follows. Once it's in hyperspace, only by reaching the destination, or a mass shadow can drag us out. We can't just 'drop out' of hyperspace any time we liked barring shutting of the hyperdrive."

(Can you show me evidence of this?  I posted that based upon not being able to find any information that you can't do that.)

[Taricus]

((Pretty much all from here, making a few assumptions based on the facts there.))

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

((Pretty much all from here, making a few assumptions based on the facts there.))

(That's the same place I looked, and all I am still seeing is stuff that says ways a ship can be forced out.  Nothing about how you can't slow down out of it.  This probably means that you can.)

Edit:

An individual could survive in an escape pod ejected in hyperspace, but if the pod lacked a hyperdrive of its own, reversion to realspace would be impossible.

(Found this under the 'Hazards' section.  I believe this means that exiting hyperspace at specific coordinates is an automatic process, but the ship can still exit manually.)

[LordBucket]

Turn Update

Snail mutes the comm microphone.

: "Kaytara 6, please standby."

Snail mutes the microphone just as the bridge descends into a heated argument.

Go and inspect the stormtrooper armour and the blaster rifles while waiting.

Taricus leaves the bridge.

If the thick-headed comms officers let me finally contact Lord Vader, ask him in a very polite tone what our new orders are since he more or less killed the only one on the ship who knew what our original orders were...

There are two communications consoles on the bridge. Lord Vader's incoming call was received at Radio Controlled's console. The present conversation with Kaytara 6 is taking place at Snail's console. A moment ago when Ghazkull moved to that console, Radio Controlled physically got up from his console and interposed himself between Ghazull and Snail's console.

Nonchalantly walking over to Radio controlled's station, Ghazkull has a seat on the console and folds his arms, pretends to pay attention to the argument, hen discretely reaches over and...yes! The system hasn't logged Radio Controlled out yet. Unfortunately it then occurs to him that he isn't sure how to contact Lord Vader. Well, this can't be too complicated, can it? the system is menu driven, and it's just a simple call...the only problem is that he doesn't have any kind of contact details. It's not like you have Lord Vader's ship on speed dial. In fact, you're not even sure which ship he was calling from. He could be on the Death Star, he could be on a planet, he could be anywhere in the galaxy. Hunting around through the menus, Ghazkull then notices the "communications log." Pushing it...ah-ha! Previous call from the Executor. Vader's flagship.

Glancing around to confirm that everyone else is still arguing, he pushes the "re-establish contact" button.

SYSTEM: "Connecting..."

Ghazkull continues to pretend to pay attention to the argument going on around him. He waits a bit, then glances down at the screen again.

SYSTEM: "Connection timeout. Contact failed."

Damn. Might have to wait until the ship drops out of hyperspace.

(Gm Comment: As mentioned here, it shouldn't have been possible to contact Kaytara 6 while in hyperspace, given your relative locations. Decided to play through the error rather than retcon it, but that wasn't supposed to set a precedent for what was possible in the future.)

Snail moves to disengage hyperspace drive.

Officer Snails moves to push the button to pull the ship out of hyperspace. Glancing around at the argument raging around him, all he has to do is push the button. Well, push the button, then insert his code cylinder and confirm the maneuver, anyway.

Glancing around, it looks like the others are still arguing.


What do you do?



(GM comment: Yes, you can drop out of hyperspace at any time, not merely at your plotted destination. In fact, this happens a couple times in the movies. For example, in episode 1, when the Millenium Falcon is pulled out of hyperspace by the Death Star's gravity well. As described  here, ships in hyperspace are pulled out bypassing too closely to a gravity well. The source material is not entirely inconsistent about whether this is a safety feature to keep you from blowing up, or simply a consequence of how hyperdrives work. Either way, yes, dropping out mid-route is possible, and I see no reason to think that doing it manually is more dangerous than having an emergency system do it. You'll probably have to re-compute a course to re-engage, but that's mostly likely only a couple minute delay. No having to reboot the engine or anything.)

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

[Redacted]

[10ebbor10]

Spoiler: On the Hyperdrive (click to show/hide)

The Wiki has this to say:

Hyperspace courses were often plotted using a planet's mass as a backstop, with the hyperdrive's safety systems automatically stopping the ship as it reached the farthest point of possible travel.

Which kind of implies that you can't simply land where you want.

In addition, since we don't have communications nor sensors while engaging the hyperdrive, we won't know exactly where we land. After all, the hyperdrive's speed varies depending on local conditions. This, combined with the fact that stopping midway means that you're actually off the beaten path, directly implies that recalculating hyperdrive coordinates will be both dangerous and take a long time.

After all, we would first need to ascertain our location, then plot a new course, and only then can we continue our travel.

In addition, the wiki says that this component here has to calculate safe returns heavily once again implying that you can't just stop.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperdrive_motivator

[LordBucket]

Soon after they drop out of hyperspace

Note that you haven't actually dropped out of hyperspace. Given that Snail said he "moved to" do it, not that he actually did it, and then shut off the microphone, I interpreted that to mean "hesitantly moved his hand to the console while debating whether to push the button."

[BFEL]

*sigh* Ignored again. Guess I'll go take stock of our electronics.

BFEL heads to the cargo hold to take stock of what electronics we have available, as well as discern what we might be low on.

[Radio Controlled]

"Lieutenant Ghazkul, as long as we are in space on this ship, the imperial navy has authority over stormtrooper commanders of similar rank. The moment ground operations start, that changes.

So, lieuteant Gentlemenraptor, what do you think? I'd say we've been given pretty clear instructions, so we can drop out of hyperspace and await that escort."

Talking. Do I notice that suspicious behaviour at my console?

[LordBucket]

Do I notice that suspicious behaviour at my console?

If Ghazkull wanted to keep it secret he could have PMd me.

[Radio Controlled]

((So I can assume my char now notices somebody using my console? I don't just wanna go 'oh yeah, and now I totally and conveniently notice somebody doing something fishy' while I apparently didn't notice before.))

[mastahcheese]

Stay the hell out of the arguments. Continue to stand at ease, for now.

...Actually, go check to make sure that guy checking on the blaster rifles is alright.

[GentlemanRaptor]

"You heard the same as I did, Lieutenant. Let's drop out and be vigilant."